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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:15:10 EDT

Subject: Westford, Mass. Soldiers in the French & Indian Wars.
Source: History of the Town of Westford by Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman, A.M. 1883

Part 3 of 3

p.65

1759.

Another billeting roll of this company, having the name of Oliver Proctor
added, bears date,
May 11, 1759; and from this the names of Wyer, Blood and Mead are wanting.

Reuben Wright was in the hospital at Albany from November 23 to December 9th
and discharged.

Thomas Mead was there for the same length of time, and also discharged.
Ephraim Fletcher,
from May 31 to June 14, and discharged. Isaac Patch from October 17 to
October 20th; and
Caleb Huston, for the same period. Oliver Proctor from Sept. 1st to Sept.
25th; also from
September 30 to October 14th.

1760.

Muster Roll of Capt. Leonard Whiting's company. The return made out and
signed, Boston,
Feb. 27, 1760. The following names appear:

Richard Wyer
Aaron Blood
James Blodget
Isaac Cummings
Caleb Huston
Amaziah Hildreth
Thomas Hildreth

Probably Capt. Whiting's company were paid off at this time. If so, the
names of several
men from Westford who enlisted in it, are not found in the list above.
Perhaps some of them
were transferred to other companies, and some had died.

p.66

1760.

In Capt. Oliver Barron's company were:

Benjamin Read, son of Joseph Read, who died at Crown Point, October 1760
Silas Wright son of Ebenezer Wright, who served at Crown Point.

1760.

Caleb Gleason of Westford, servant of Thomas Adams, was in Capt. Aaron
Willard's company from Feb. 20th to December - forty weeks.

1761.

Must Roll of Capt. Jonathan Butterfield's company - February 28.

Leonard Spalding, 1st Lieut.
Hezekiah Corey, Sergeant
William Reed
Abraham Butterfield
Peter Butterfield

Richard Whitney, servant to Cummings was also in Capt. Aaron Willard's
company, April 2nd.

1762.

January.

List of officers commissioned:

First Company of Westford

James Pollard, Captain
Timothy Fletcher, Lieut.
Amos Fletcher, Ensign.

Second Company

Samuel Fletcher, Captain
Joseph Read, Lieut.
Zachariah Robbins, Ensign.

1762.

Abijah Proctor served twenty-four weeks and six days in Capt. Farrington's
Company.

1762.

In Capt. Leonard Whiting's company were:

John Dunn
Joseph Darling
George Crowder
Josiah Blood
Ephraim Craft, reported dead.
Samuel Fassett, reported dead.
Samuel Foster
Joel Fletcher, son of Timothy Fletcher.

1763.

In the same company as reported this year, were:

Joshua Parker
William Pierce
Benjamin Adams
James Blodgett
Abraham Bennett
Nathan Boynton
Amos Boynton
Samuel Clark
Salmon Dutton
Joseph Darling
David Fish
David Keyes
John Meeds
Joseph Parker
Leonard Parker
Joseph Robbins
Thaddeus Read
Jonathan Robbins
David Rumrill
Ebenezer Willis.

By the conquest of Montreal in 1760, the entire reduction of Canada was
accomplished and
the British forces were triumphant. As peace was not yet established, the
military
organizations were kept up in order to be ready for any call. In 1762 fears
were enter-
tained lest Canada and the American fishery might be restored to the French,
and an
addition was made to the quota of Massachusetts making the number of men
3,270.

p.67

On the 10th of February, 1763, a definitive treaty of peace was signed in
Paris, and soon
after ratified. By the 2nd article, France renounces and guarantees to Great
Britian all
Nova Scotia, or Acadie, and likewise Canada, the island of Cape Breton, and
all other
islands in the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence. (Holmes' Annals).

1771.

At this date there were two military companies in Westford, belonging to the
Sixth Regiment.
Their officers were as follows:

First Company

Amos Fletcher, Captain
Jonas Prescott, Jr., Lieut.
Nathaniel Boynton, Ensign.

Second Company

Jonathan [Joseph?] Boynton, Captain.
Moses Parker, Lieut.
Jonathan Carver, Ensign.

End.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth


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